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v A. WISNER. Apparatus for Applying-Button Staples to Shoes, &o.

No. 201,858. Patented March 26,1878.

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. A. WISNER. Apparatus for Applying Button Staples to Shoes, 850.

No..201,858. Patented March 26,1878..

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UNITED STATES PATENT Or ron- ALBERT WISNEB, OF BRIDGEPOBT, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMl-INT IN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING BUTTON-STAPLES T0 SHOES, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 201,858, dated March 26, 1878; application filed February 25, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT WISNER, of Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented. new and useful Improvements in Tools for Applying Button- Staples to Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention is an improved tool, which is specially designed for use in applying staples to shoes, for the purpose of securing thereto the ordinary buttons, in the manner described in my patent of December 11, 1877, No. 197,957.

Its novelty consists, mainly, first, in providing the tool with a proper slot or opening through a portion of the same, whiohis adapted to receive the staple and guide the same to the eye of the button; second, in the combination, with a peculiarly-constructed plate, having a recess adapted to receive the bend of the staple, of a sliding plate for clamping the staple and holding it in proper position while being applied to the shoe third, in the combination, with the sliding clamping-plate, of a lever for actuating the same.

It consists, further, in certain details of construction, which, in connection with the foregoing, will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure -1 represents a side elevation of my improved tool. Fig. 2 represents plan views of the faces of jaws a, and b detached; Fig. 3, a plan view of the rear side of jaw b Fig. 4, a plan view of the face of jaw 00 with the plate D removed; Fig. 5, a side view of the same; Fig. 6, views of the parts E and F detached; Fig. 7, a longitudinal sectional elevation of the jaw a; Figs. 8 and 9, views of plate D removed; Figs. 10, 11,12, 13, and 14, enlarged views of various parts illustrating the operation of the tool; and Fig. 15, a plate of peculiar construction, which may be employed in connection with the tool, if desired.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe the same fully and the manner of operation.

The tool, as a whole, resembles a pair of pinchers in its general construction. A and Y B represent the two main parts, which cross each other at a common pivot-point, and are united together by means of the pivot-pin as,

as shown. 0 represents a spring, of anyproper construction, by means of which the handles of the tool are separated, when the spring is free to act for the purpose of holding open the jaws.

a, Figs. 1 and 4, represents the head or jaw of the part A, consisting of a block of any proper form, having an upper face, a, Fig. 4, a central recess, a an elongated slot or' open- 7 ing, a and the bearing-shoulders a a Figs.

4 and 5, separated by the open space of, Fig. 4, as shown.

D, Figs. 8 and 9, represents a plate adapted in form and size to rest upon the face a of the jaw a, which is provided with the transverse opening d at its front end, the central slot or opening cl, the central recess d having the elongated opening 61 and the screw-holes d by means of which it is adapted to be strongly secured to the face of the jaw. g d Fig. 9, represents a transverse recess formed at its front end on the'lower side.

The edges of the recess d, Fig. 8, are beveled,

it will be observed, for the purpose of retain? which it slides, and at its front end projecting fingers e, and at its rear end the pin-opening e, as described. F represents a block adapted to fit the recess 01?, Fig. 4, of the part a, and slide freely therein, which is provided with a pin or stud, f, adapted to'rest in the opening e of the sliding piece E, as shown.

G, Figs. 1 and 7, represents a lever pivoted to the part A by the pin 9, the long arm of which is bent at right angles and extended in a rearward direction, as shown. 9 represents a proper socket-piece upon the arm, by means of which the arm is vproperlyheld in place. Thei endofthev short arm-bears against the outer end of the sliding block F,as shown.

H, Fig. 7, represents a spring of any proper construction, the free end of which bears against the opposite end of the block F, and gives the same its proper I'BtUIII'IHOVBDlGDt after it has been actuated by the lever.

I, Figs. 3, 4, and 7, represents aspring having a centralslot, asshown, which is adapted, when the button is in place, to exert a pressure upon the staple, as will be described hereinafter. b represents the jaw of the part B,

which is provided with the recess b, having a.

curved bottom surface, as shown.

The parts, when united, are represented in Figs.1and,2.' The front edges of the recess d of the plate D and the opposite ends of the clampingrpiece E form a rectangularrecess or cavity, as shown in Fig. 2, which is adapted to receive the bend of the staple, as will be hereinafter described. The recess 41 of the plate D forms, in connectionwith the face a of the part a, a slotlor passage-way, through which the staples pass to engage with the eye-of the button, as will be described hereinafter. i. q i

The. operation is substantially as follows: Thetool being. heldin the position shown in Fig. 10, and a button having been inserted into the. central slot in; such manner as to bring the center of its eye in line below one side of the recess d, a stapleis inserted in the latter, points downward, as shown in Fig. 11, and released, when the same, falling by its ownweight through the recess, is caught by the eye of the button, one of its legs passing through the same, as shown. The proper descent of the legs of the staple below the eye of the button is permitted by the transverse opening d, as shown.

The position of the tool now being changed, as shown in Fig. 12, the staple will hang from the eye in its proper position at right angles thereto, The button and attached staple are then. carried backward in the central slot, as indicated indotted lines, until the'recess between the edges of the central slot (1 and the clamping-plate E is reached, as shown in Fig. 13. In order to make this movement, the spring I is caused to yield sufficiently to permit the bend of the staple to slide along the beveled edges of the plate; but when the recess is reached thelformer reacts, and, drawingon the button, pulls the bend of the staple down intothe recess for the purpose of properly holding the same. 1

The tool now maybe applied to the shoe at theproper point, as indicated in Fig. 14, and

the handles be brought together to accomplish the desired result. I As soon, however, as the movement of the handles begins, the lever G is actuated to throw forward the sliding block F, and consequently, also, the clamping-piece E, which is attached thereto. By means of this action the bend of the staple is clamped j the staple.

(they are properly clinched. By compressing the spring I, the staple may be moved out of its recess and slipped out of the slot, to disengage the shoe and the button from the tool.

Some of the advantages of the described construction are as follows: By means of the recess d the staple is easily connected with the button-eye. By means of the spring I the staple is drawn down into the recess far enough to permit it to be properly supported. By

means of the clamping-piece the staple is strongly held in its proper position, so that its proper entry into the leather is insured.

A feeding-gage, which may be employed in connection with this tool, is represented in -Fig. 15. it

J represents a platehaving screwholesj, by means of which it may be strongly secured to any proper means of support. j j represent flanges extending upward in a vertical direction, which inclos'e sufficient space between them to permit the jaw a to slide snugly therein. j represents a central slot, having the downwardly-extendin g flanges j, adapted to guide the staple properly in its movement. j represents a central stud projecting upward from the plate, which is adapted to bear against the eye of the button. s v

The operation will be readily understood. The staple having been caused to engage with the button-eye, as previously described, and

as shown in full lines, Fig. 12, the jaw a is laid upon the plate and pressed forward until the button and staple are forced into their proper positions. The flange j. serves to guide the jaw properly in its movement, and the flanges The stud j provides a hearing, by means of which the button is held as the jaw is moved.

1 Having thus fully described my invention, i

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The clamping-tool provided with a central slot for the eye of the button and a side recess for delivering the staple to the latter, the arrangement being such that the eye will be held in proper position to receive the staple as the latter falls through the recess, as

and for the purpose described.

2. In combination with the plate D, having a recess, as described, a movable clamping piece for securing the staple therein, substantially as described.

3. In combination with the sliding pieceE,

the lever G and handle B for, actuating the lever, substantially as described.

4.; In combination with the plate D, having a central recess adapted to hold a button-eye,

the spring I, adapted to draw the eye through V the recess. for the purpose of holding the sta ver G and the spring I, combined and arranged as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The feeding-gage having the central slot and flanges, substantially as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 1st day of February, 1878.

ALBERT WISNER.

Witnesses: I

W. L. SHERWOOD, ARTHUR ELwoon. 

